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The Corvette's Executive Chief Engineer is Retiring After a Storied 47-Year-Long Career

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The Chevy Corvette got its most dramatic makeover ever in 2020, but the man behind the car’s evolution since 2006 recently announced his retirement. His involvement with the Corvette saw some of the car’s most impactful designs, and he is only the fifth person to hold the coveted role within the company.

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Ford Fusion Hybrid, Lincoln MKZ Hybrid get do-not-drive warning

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via letters, emails, phone calls, text messages, and more than one million in-person visits to customer homes. That includes passenger airbag inflators in 2006-2012 Fusion, Mercury Milan, and Lincoln Zephyr and MKZ sedans (both hybrid and non-hybrid), as well as driver and passenger airbag inflators in several other Ford and Lincoln models.

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An After-School Program Teaches Teens Java and Python

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After Vic Wintriss sold his sports-imaging company, Wintriss Engineering , to his cofounders in 2006, the electrical engineer was looking for a project to keep himself busy. After teaching the subject to teenagers at his church, in 2006 the IEEE life member established The League of Amazing Programmers. I didn’t even know Java.”

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US tells owners to stop driving older Nissan vehicles over air bag concerns – ET Auto

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The agency made its announcement after the Japanese automaker issued a warning on Wednesday telling vehicle owners not to drive certain vehicles – the 2002-2006 model year Nissan Sentra, 2002-2004 Nissan Pathfinder and 2002-2003 Infiniti QX4 – that were recalled in 2020 but have not been fixed.

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Pioneering Calif. broker Bert Boeckmann dies at 92

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” Boeckmann initiated personalization and customization, dubbed “Galpinization” upcoming the dealership team’s founder, Frank Galpin. That resulted in the forming of the customized store Galpin Auto Sports activities in 2006. broker Bert Boeckmann dies at 92 appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Meet the Newest IEEE-HKN Eminent Member

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From 2006 to 2014 she served as vice president of the National Academy of Engineering. Savitz is the 144th person to be elevated to IEEE-HKN eminent member since the title was established in 1950. IEEE Fellow Karen Panetta , the 2019 IEEE-HKN president, presided over the event. "It

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A Serial Entrepreneur Shares Lessons Learned on His Road to Success

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It wasn’t until he became an IEEE student member in 2006 that Pillai learned those terms. The startup’s B2B platform used a combination of human and chatbot conversations to personalize a customer’s purchasing experience with a retailer. If you choose the wrong person, running a successful startup together will be difficult.”

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